Name: Rhodoploca Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do’plo.ca. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. fem. n. plokê, twisting, anything twisted, interweaving, a braid; N.L. fem. n. Rhodoploca, red braid

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rhodoploc-), r^ho-DO-plo-ka

Type species: Rhodoploca sivoneniae corrig. Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Konstantinou et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rodoploca".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Konstantinou and Gkelis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Konstantinou et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TAU-MAC: 2; TAU: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodoploca sivonenia Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Rhodoploca sivoneniae corrig. Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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Record number: 12143